Margaret Mahy




Margaret Mahy

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born
March 21, 1936

gender
female

place of birth
Whakatane, New Zealand

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Children's Books


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Margaret Mahy is a well-known New Zealand author of children's and young adult books. While the plots of many of her books have strong supernatural elements, her writing concentrates on the themes of human relationships and growing up.

Her books The Haunting and The Changeover: A Supernatural Romance both received the Carnegie Medal of the British Library Association. She has written a little less than 50 novels, including the recent Alchemy in 2002. Among her children's books, A Lion in the Meadow and The Seven Chinese Brothers and The Man Whose Mother was a Pirate are considered national classics. Her novels have been translated into German, French, Spanish, Dutch, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Italian, Japanese, Catalan...more




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Changeover: A Supernatural Rom... Changeover: A Supernatural Romance
by Margaret Mahy
avg rating 4.25 — 202 ratings — published 1984
15 editions
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The Seven Chinese Brothers The Seven Chinese Brothers (Blue Ribbon Book)
by Margaret Mahy
avg rating 3.97 — 125 ratings — published 1990
8 editions
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The Tricksters The Tricksters
by Margaret Mahy
avg rating 4.15 — 67 ratings — published 1986
11 editions
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Alchemy Alchemy
by Margaret Mahy
avg rating 3.46 — 67 ratings — published 2002
6 editions
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Bubble Trouble Bubble Trouble
by Margaret Mahy, Polly Dunbar (Illustrator)
avg rating 4.04 — 50 ratings — published 1992
3 editions
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The Haunting The Haunting (Puffin Books)
by Margaret Mahy
avg rating 3.88 — 50 ratings — published 1982
8 editions
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Maddigan's Fantasia Maddigan's Fantasia
by Margaret Mahy
avg rating 3.43 — 56 ratings — published 1937
4 editions
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Catalogue of the Universe Catalogue of the Universe
by Margaret Mahy
avg rating 3.67 — 52 ratings — published 1985
9 editions
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The Great White Man-Eating Sha... The Great White Man-Eating Shark: A Cautionary Tale
by Margaret Mahy
avg rating 4.14 — 29 ratings — published 1989
8 editions
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Down the Back of the Chair Down the Back of the Chair
by Margaret Mahy
avg rating 4.04 — 24 ratings — published 2006
3 editions
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"All right," said Eden. "After all, we've got to hide somewhere. And even if they move on a bit faster than we can, they'll still leave signs, won't they?

"Yes, they'll drip blood and leave echoes of people laughing," said Timon in a dark voice. Eden looked at him apprehensively. But then Timon laughed himself. "Joking! Joking! Only joking!" he cried, and Eden nodded, echoing his laughter rather uncertainly."
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"When, suddenly, on an ordinary Wednesday, it seemed to Barney that the world tilted and ran downhill in all directions, he knew he was about to be haunted again."
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"What's happened to the world? she was thinking. Everything has turned terrible...and the bits that aren't terrible have gone mad. I don't understand anything anymore."
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